There are few certain things in life — death and taxes being perhaps the most famous constants.

Add this one to the list: anytime it's particularly cold or snows more than usual, some ignorantly smug climate change denialist will publicly chortle and ask "where are your global warming gods now!?"

After Washington, D.C., just got buried by Snowpocalypse 2010, everything in the city shut down — 42 inches of snow will do that to the best of cities. One of the events canceled was a Senate hearing on climate change. That was enough to fire up the whole gaggle of climate change denialists and will keep them busy for the next few days. Republican Sen. Jim DeMint got extra points for working in Al Gore when he tweeted "It's going to keep snowing in DC until Al Gore cries 'uncle'".

It would be kind of funny if we weren't talking about the people who write all the big rules. Political considerations trump actual science far too often, especially when we're talking about climate change.

Shea Gunther ( @sheagunther ) is a podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur living in Portland, Maine. He hosts the popular podcast "Marijuana Today Daily" and was a founder of Renewable Choice Energy, the country's leading provider of wind credits and Green Options. He plays a lot of ultimate frisbee and loves bad jokes.